In Other Words…Talking with Patients About Touchy Subjects
Sexual dysfunction, depression, and abuse are only a few of the many “touchy” topics patients find hard to bring up to their healthcare providers. This article highlights ways healthcare professionals can help when patients have difficult topics to discuss. You can find the full-text of this and many other articles at the On Call website http://www.boston.com/jobs/healthcare/oncall/ as well as the Health Literacy Consulting website, http://www.healthliteracy.com/articles.asp [posted on What’s New in Health Literacy Consulting]

Making Social Equity an Issue of Public Health
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/009043.html
Lori Williams
November 18, 2008
WorldChanging
We expect differences in life expectancy between countries. But how do you explain a 28 year difference in life expectancy within a single city? A city with a universal health care system? Sir Michael Marmot posed this question in his keynote address to the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting while describing the difference in life expectancy between the most and least fortunate residents of Glasgow, Scotland. [posted on CLAStalk listserv]

Study: The greyer, the better for rural towns
Older residents seen as asset to smaller communities
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081202/GJNEWS_01/712029917
John Quinn
December 2, 2208
Fosters
“A new study determined older Americans who retire to rural areas quickly become involved and are a tremendous asset to communities.” For more information or to download a copy of the report, visit http://carseyinstitute.unh.edu [posted on ALA outreach listserv]

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